Todd Rundgren

[fox69]

"Love Of The Common Man"

"Love Of The Common Man"



I've been burned in my prime
The simple things in life
Seem so hard to learn sometimes
And it takes so long
Catch it while you can
Too late tomorrow
And everyone

Said we all know what comes of that
Living in your pockets and talking through your hat
But it won't take long
To turn your head around
Too late tomorrow
'cause everyone needs the love of the common man
Turn the world around
Too late tomorrow

'cause everyone

Everyone is waiting, just anticipating on you
Won't you make a showing everybody knows what to do
Take a dive from your ivory tower
And fall on everyone will catch you, everyone

I would be so pleased to spend some time
To hear a little talk about what's been on your mind
'cause it don't take long
To turn my head around
If it comes easy
'cause everyone needs the love of the common man
Turn the world around
Too late tomorrow
'cause everyone

 

[fox69]

"Love Science"

"Love Science"



I've been around the world, I'm going around again
I got a new word up, gonna lay it on my friends
I'm still too young, I've got these emotions in my blood
But when I grow up, gonna be a scientist of love

Working on, love science
Got to know, love science
Show the world, love science
How to be a scientist of love
Tell my friends, love science
Take a chance, love science
Give it up, love science
I'm a scientist of love
Feel the power, love science
Study hard, love science
Know the truth, love science
Be a scientist of love
Choose a plan, love science
Pick 'em up, put 'em down, love science
Bring it on home, love science
Got to be a scientist of love

Hey you!

Sometimes you get screwed up, and you're looking for a cure
But you don't want to see just another amateur
I know the kind of expert you must be thinking of
Go out and find yourself a scientist of love

Some say that love's a game, a random circumstance
I'm not the type to leave that kind of thing to chance
You might sit back and wait, but I'm taking off the gloves
I'm gonna crack this case like a scientist of love

1, 2, 3!

If love's what we want, if love's what we need
Why can't we make love from suspicion and greed?
If love's what we want, if love's what we need
Why can't we make love?

I've got no time to waste just waiting for the bus
This is the place, the space to get down and serious
School is in, the lab is open for research
I do declare that love is a walking, talking church
I've got to quell the beast, be a credit to my sex
I've got to give at least as much as I expect
Can't get no rest 'til I discover what I need
Gotta start somewhere, that why I believe, believe, believe

Believe the word, love science
Party down, love science
Thinking hard, love science
How to be a scientist of love
Place to place, love science
Hour to hour, love science
Can't hold back, love science
Got to be a scientist of love
Sexy girl, love science
Manish boy, love science
Take the course, love science
And be a scientist of love
In your face, love science
Outer space, love science
Here's a taste, love science
Got to be a scientist of love

If love's what we want, if love's what we need
Why can't we make love in a love factory?
If love's what we want, if love's what we need
Why can't we make love?

 

[fox69]

"Love Thing"

"Love Thing"



I need something, I need some sweet thing
I need something to help me get on, help me get on by
Love thing
Sometimes I feel like I've been trapped in a container
Pushed through a strainer, but I ain't no complainer
Think I'm going crazy, there, now I'm insaner
What could be plainer, it's a no-brainer
The truth is always wherever you find it
Throw back the curtain, see what's behind it
Look hard at life and the ties that bind it
Day after day we must be reminded
Everything I had is gone, it's so dark it must be dawn
Where's that reason to go, reason to go on and on
Give what you ain't got to give, Lord have mercy on me
Drinkin' up blood and sweat and tears, I ain't afraid to ask
Give it to me love thing, well being
Why do I always look down when I want to look up
Why do I shake somebody down when I'm feelin' shook up
Why do I wander around when I want to hook up
Why am I puttin' it down when I want to pick up
One of these days I'm gonna make my decision
And act upon it while I still got volition
But I've got so many ideas in collision
It makes it hard to be a man with a mission
I need something, I need some sweet thing
I need something to help me get on, help me get on by
I need something to clear my head
I need something to warm my bed
I need something, some sweet thing
Everything I had is gone, it's so dark it must be dawn
Where's that reason to go, reason to go on and on
Tell me lies, I know the truth but tell me lies
Just like a breath of fresh air blowin' through my lonely spirit
Love thing, well being
Love thing

 

[fox69]

"Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand)"

"Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand)"



Real, almost real
I could feel the life flow into my veins
Done, now it's done
I have fallen for the final time
I can't get up again

Love's a mystery I don't understand
Love's supposed to make you glad
Tell me why I feel so sad
Love's a mystery I don't understand
I won't see you anymore
And if that's what love is for
Then I don't understand

Free, now you're free
You don't need me
And you don't want what I give
(Baby here is my heart)
Please, help me please
'Cause if life is made for hearts in love
Then how am I to live

Love's a mystery I don't understand
It's so hard to be alone
When the one you love is gone
Love's a mystery I don't understand
You won't stay another day
And if that's all you can say
Then I don't understand

 

[fox69]

"Lucky Guy"

"Lucky Guy"



Some people don't seem real at all
Unafraid of any mountain
Sure that the gods won't let him fall
Should he fall, he will always get up again

If he's hurt, he never shows it
If he's wrong, nobody knows it
Seems like he never has to try
He just must be a lucky guy

And when there's pain, he never minds it
When it's lost, he always finds it
Nobody really knows just why
He just must be a lucky guy
I wish I was that lucky guy

 

[fox69]

"Mad"

"Mad"



Crowded world
How can I find peace of mind
With so many small agendas
Pushing at me all the time
Button one: you knew I had no time today
Button two: you had to push it anyway
Button three: then you went and did it again
So I counted to ten and right there and then
You made me mad
Now I'm mad
This is more than upset
It's as enraged as I get
And you ain't seen me mad yet
And now I'm mad
Crowded world
Where no quiet can be found
But for little scattered spaces
With invaders lurking round
Button one: I told you not to call me here
Button two: your voice is like a drill in my ear
Button three: you never hang up on your own
So get off the phone and leave me alone
Because I'm mad
At the end of my patience, and I have a lot
Don't know what makes you feel as if you're all I've got
Nothing better to think about, better to do
Why does everything always have to be about you?

 

[fox69]

"Mammon"

"Mammon"



O Holy Father
Divine Provider
Grant me my prayer
All I desire

It's been a long, long time since you faced the truth
You haven't heard the voice of god since your wasted youth
Faith of your father, holy faith
In the dollar almighty and the tithing plate

And you'd like to rub my face in it
Your god, your god
And you'd like to rub my face in it
Your god, your god, your god is Mammon

Pew after pew in the house of the lord
Nod their heads at the sermon while they mind the store
And their holiest book is a PDA
It's got god's cell number if you find time to pray

And you'd like to rub their face in it
Your god, your god
Even though you have no faith in it
Your god is Mammon, your god is dead

And you rage and fume at the godless ones
Cause they don't understand how the company runs
And they think it's the money that you care about
You pretend to be offended when they figure it out
Tell me what kind of heaven do you think awaits
When your ass is too fat to fit the pearly gates?
It's like the eye of a needle and a limosine
Paradise is set aside for the less obscene
You only care for the power that the lucre brings
And you have no love for any living thing, save Mammon

And you'd like to rub our face in it

 

[fox69]

"Manup"

"Manup"



There's a cloud in the distance
Rising from the dunes
Ten thousand riders
Blaze a trail of ruins
No doubt about it
They're headed this way
Who will protect us on a judgement day?
Some are unready, some are unwilling
Hiding amongst the women and children
Rousing the rabble from under the bed
I'm calling you by name to bite the bullet
Manup
We didn't want no trouble
But trouble's what we have
You call it paranoia
And have yourself a laugh
And avoid the confrontation
Until some other year
Somebody call the boys cause there's no men in here
Some are unready, some are unwilling
Some are still able but ain't got the feeling
Talking real loud at the back of the crowd
I'm calling you by name to bite the bullet
Manup
Listen to me my friend
What you will not defend
Somebody else will end up takin'
And when the famine comes
You think they'll just give you some
But if you believe that
You're mistaken

 

[fox69]

"Marlene"

"Marlene"



Marlene, Marlene
You're the prettiest girl I've ever seen
Do you care for me at all, Marlene?
I care for you
And I just don't care who knows it
And I guess that means that I love you

Marlene (Marlene) Marlene (Marlene)
Who'd believe that you're only seventeen?
I'm in trouble if your folks get mean
And if they do
Then I don't care if they bust me
And I guess that means that I love you

I don't need no fantasies
Just one thing I need
If you could make it here, Marlene
Dear, Marlene

Marlene (Marlene) Marlene (Marlene)
When I think that it all is just a dream
I remember that your eyes are green
And mine are blue
They will always see each other
And I guess that means that I love you

I don't need realities
Just one thing I need
If you could make it here, Marlene
Dear, Marlene

Marlene, Marlene
I'm depending on you now, Marlene
(Marlene) I'm depending on you now, Marlene
(Marlene) I'm depending on you now, Marlene
(Marlene) I'm depending on you now, Marlene
(Marlene) I'm depending on you now, Marlene

 

[fox69]

"Marvin Gaye Trilogy"

"Marvin Gaye Trilogy"



What's going on
Oh, mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Oh, brother, brother,brother
There's for too many of you dying
(too many dying)
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some loving here today yeah
Father,father
There's no need to escalate (no need, there's no need, no need)
You see war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some love and understanding here today
Picket lines, with picket signs

Don't punish me with brutality
Come on come on talk to me
So you can see what's going on
Tell me what's going on
I'll tell you what's going on

Mercy mercy me (ecology)
Oh mercy, mercy me
Oh things ain't what used to be
Oh where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the air that blows from the north and south
Poison underground and in the sky
Birds and animals who live nearby bye bye die
I want you